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Drug Facts

  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.

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